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Competences — clothing CAD technician

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/849a656c-8559-4471-91ed-442c42b0b641).

Essential

  • 3D body scanning technologies (knowledge)
  • apparel manufacturing technology (knowledge)
  • CAD for garment manufacturing (knowledge)
  • create patterns for garments (skill/competence)
  • draw sketches to develop textile articles using softwares (skill/competence)
  • examine sample garments (skill/competence)
  • grade patterns for wearing apparel (skill/competence)
  • history of fashion (knowledge)
  • inspect wearing apparel products (skill/competence)
  • make technical drawings of fashion pieces (skill/competence)
  • manufacturing of made-up textile articles (knowledge)
  • manufacturing of wearing apparel (knowledge)
  • marker making (knowledge)
  • operate computerised control systems (skill/competence)
  • perform process control in the wearing apparel industry (skill/competence)
  • prepare production prototypes (skill/competence)
  • standard sizing systems for clothing (knowledge)

Optional

  • analyse clothing 3d prototypes (skill/competence)
  • analyse scanned data of the body (skill/competence)
  • manage briefs for clothing manufacturing (skill/competence)
  • properties of textile materials (knowledge)
  • use 3D scanners for clothing (skill/competence)
  • use spreadsheets software (skill/competence)

Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 9 ads, as of 2026-07-10)

Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.

Hard skills

  • print development — 33 %
  • repeat pattern creation — 22 %
  • trend forecasting — 22 %
  • color matching — 22 %
  • fashion illustration — 22 %
  • fashion trend interpretation — 22 %
  • garment rendering — 22 %
  • graphic design — 22 %
  • garment specification — 11 %
  • flat sketching — 11 %
  • fashion trend analysis — 11 %
  • design engineering — 11 %
  • digital design — 11 %
  • fabric construction knowledge — 11 %
  • fabric rendering — 11 %
  • 2d cad design — 11 %
  • 2d sketching — 11 %
  • cad creation — 11 %
  • cad design — 11 %
  • artwork tracking — 11 %
  • tech pack preparation — 11 %
  • technical artwork — 11 %
  • technical design — 11 %
  • technical drawing — 11 %
  • technical flats creation — 11 %
  • trend research — 11 %
  • visual merchandising — 11 %
  • workflow enhancement — 11 %
  • merchandise analysis — 11 %
  • pattern development — 11 %

Responsibilities

  • print collection development — 22 %
  • product presentation production — 22 %
  • seasonal print direction — 22 %
  • seasonal trend alignment — 11 %
  • sketch creation — 11 %
  • trend reporting — 11 %
  • workload distribution — 11 %
  • product program management — 11 %
  • project oversight — 11 %
  • quality standard elevation — 11 %
  • runway report delivery — 11 %
  • print layout rework — 11 %
  • print scanning and cleaning — 11 %
  • output review — 11 %
  • presentation preparation — 11 %
  • layout reworking — 11 %
  • library maintenance — 11 %
  • artwork tracking — 11 %
  • cad artwork creation — 11 %
  • collaboration with design team — 11 %
  • collaboration with teams — 11 %
  • collection design — 11 %
  • cad development — 11 %
  • cad log management — 11 %
  • apparel conceptualization — 11 %
  • artwork adaptation — 11 %
  • artwork review — 11 %
  • artwork studio meetings — 11 %
  • design to production lifecycle management — 11 %
  • concept transformation — 11 %
  • concept translation — 11 %
  • constructive feedback provision — 11 %
  • deadline management — 11 %
  • design collaboration — 11 %
  • illustration creation — 11 %